Simon Beaufoy Quotes

I go where the sound of thunder is.

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

I loved watching the base of those thunderstorms, the billowing tops of the cumulonimbus, the lightning that effortlessly lit up the lake and the sky. It was gorgeous, so energetic. I was in love.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day.

In Iceland, the weather is the biggest character you deal with every day. There's nothing more relevant in your life than what kind of weather it is.

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

Thunder only happens when it's raining.

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.

I can recall, as a young adult, running through the rain forest at the Forest Reserve, at times feeling a sense of fear when I felt I was in danger. In danger of confronting an ugly snake or a coral snake, which represented the greatest fear of someone in a rural area when you traverse the forest.

I'm watching the Weather Channel more than I've ever watched it. I'm scared to death it's going to rain.

If you're in California, and it's raining, stay home because nobody can drive in the rain. It's like it's raining frogs. They're terrified.

Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

I like rain, actually.

I've always been fascinated by weather.

I'd always thought hurricanes were romantic, with pretty feminine names like Celestine.

Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks.

I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.

I love the rain. It's my favorite weather.

I love the storm and fear the calm.

I am never up for rain sequences because nothing can beat the excitement and thrill of natural rain.

I even like the Scottish weather because, like everywhere in the U.K., you can't have great beauty without lots of rain.

We are no strangers to hurricanes in South Carolina. These storms are part of life, especially in the Lowcountry and all along our coast.

I love the rain and everything about the monsoons!

The mountains are dangerous. Only an unintelligent person will say they are not dangerous.